Glennon Doyle Melton

We all have this misunderstanding about heartbreak, which is we think we should avoid it. But what I think is that heartache is a clue toward the work we're supposed to be doing in the world. What breaks each person's heart is different - be it racial injustice, war, or animals. And when you figure out what it is that breaks yours, go toward it.

American Author

Zoe Quinn

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.

American Artist

Donald Johanson

There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.

American Scientist

Juliet Marillier

Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We can create a more complex structure with various story threads running parallel.

New Zealander Writer

Alberto Salazar

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.

Cuban Athlete

Tinsley Mortimer

I learned that if you're going to move in with a friend, it's important to establish ground rules immediately so there aren't any misunderstandings down the line.

American Celebrity

Francois Truffaut

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

French Director

Lionel Trilling

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

American Critic

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

American Poet

Charles Baudelaire

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

French Poet

Often used in casual speech to describe simple mix-ups or mistakes in communication.

Casual Use

Frequently arises in stories or discussions about personal relationships, signifying conflicts.

Interpersonal Context

Can imply the need for more information or clarification to resolve the incorrect beliefs.

Clarification

In legal contexts, precision is key, as misunderstandings can have serious implications.

Legal Precision

Always verify facts to prevent legal misunderstandings; assumptions can lead to disputes.

Avoid Assumptions

Misunderstanding often references unclear language in contracts or agreements.

Contract Clarity

 misunderstanding it that's what it's like when it's misused but really we think of it as empowerment capitalism like in your mind what is what is the trade-off between the good potential and the evil potential of this there is enormous good potential we could provide the best healthcare in the world and the cheapest healthcare in the world for

Yuval Noah Harari...

 and going to sleep. Sleep occupies nearly a third of our lives, but many of us give surprisingly little attention and care to it. This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done.

The benefits of a good...

 Anyway, he faked madness too well, he said. And they didn't send him to some cushy hospital. They sent him to Broadmoor. And the minute he got there, said he took one look at the place, asked to see the psychiatrist, said, "There's been a terrible misunderstanding.

Strange answers to the...

 Again, we know more of what is going on than the characters do. Picture two characters making a plan for a birthday surprise for their roommate while that roommate overhears the entire conversation from the hallway. From there, confusion and misunderstanding occur,

In on a secret? That's...

 and there was a misunderstanding so in the end I ended up in this long line of floating head lamps and I didn't know anyone around me and I felt like if something bad were to happen to me I wasn't sure anyone would be there to help me so that was one of the most

The Call of Everest PIPE...

 I knew even then that I would encounter cultural differences and misunderstandings, but they popped up when I least expected it. On my first day, I went to a restaurant, and I ordered a cup of green tea with sugar. After a pause, the waiter said,

Sheena Iyengar: The art...

 Which I actually did, and which needless to say did not endear me to the faculty. In effect, a vicious cycle of fear, avoidance, mistrust and misunderstanding had been established, and this was a battle in which I felt powerless

The voices in my head PIPE...

 But the truth is, this is about so much more than an anatomical misunderstanding. The myths about the hymen have lived on for centuries because they have cultural significance. They have been used as a powerful tool

The virginity fraud PIPE...

 Others have suggested the paradox is just a misunderstanding of how general relativity and quantum field theory interact. Respectively, these two theories describe the largest and smallest physical phenomena,

Hawking's black hole...

 to do that but there's not much support for research in this area and I think part of it is because there's some real misunderstandings about it so I'm not going to try to convince you today that

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